Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Syria: 30 killed in regime's air raid on rebel-held town

An arm of a dead Syrian woman peeks from the rubble of her destroyed house after an air strike destroyed at least ten houses in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo)
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(Sky News) The United Nations has issued a damning report into the conflict in Syria as a deadly massacre in the Syrian town of Azaz, near the Turkish border, was reported.

A local doctor in Azaz said 30 people were killed and others wounded when a government fighter jet bombarded the town where Syrian rebels were holding 11 Lebanese hostages.

News of the attack came as Saudi Arabia ordered its citizens to leave Lebanon "immediately", citing kidnapping threats.

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